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NINE INCH NAILS & SOUNDGARDEN
They’re perhaps not the most obvious pairing, but on their new coheadlining tour these titans of hard rock collide in a show of thundering magnitude, from NIN’s industrial-strength tales of isolation to Soundgarden’s grunge explosions. With Oneohtrix Point Never opening. Pictured: Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. July 29, 7 p.m. Tickets: $29.50-$99.50. Xfinity Center, Mansfield. 800-745-3000, www.livenation.com

JAMES REED

POP & ROCK

GOGOL BORDELLO & MAN MAN
You have to wonder: Does Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hutz arm-wrestle Man Man’s Honus Honus backstage before each show? One can only hope, because this pairing of two bands known for their intense live shows is an inspired meeting of the minds. Both acts defy easy categorization, from Gogol Bordello’s mashup of Balkan beats with punk fervor to Man Man’s junkyard rock and barroom blues. July 25, 8 p.m. Tickets: $35-$45. House of Blues. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com

DWIGHT & NICOLE
On their elegant new album, “Shine On,” this rootsy local soul duo show no signs of coloring within the lines. They travel a crooked musical path, from folk and blues to reggae and gospel, all anchored by the alchemy of how their voices entwine. (These performances come on the heels of Dwight & Nicole’s sold-out show with Puss N Boots at the Sinclair on Thursday.) July 26, 7:30 & 10 p.m. Tickets: $25. Regattabar, Cambridge. 617-395-7757, www.regattabarjazz.com

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FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS
All together now: “Walk like a man, talk like a man.” “Big girls don’t cry.” “Sherrr-rrrrrry baby.” With some of pop music’s sweetest hits in their arsenal, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons turn their concerts into massive sing-alongs. The original Jersey Boys, they’re on the road again for what seems like a neverending tour. July 27, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $67.50-$100.50. South Shore Music Circus, Cohasset. 781-383-9850, www.themusiccircus.org

FOLK, WORLD & COUNTRY

LOWELL FOLK FESTIVAL Lowell always gives you a chance to see preeminent practitioners of familiar forms, whether it’s the old-school blues of Marquis Knox, vintage rockabilly from the iconic Sonny Burgess, or a new generation of Cajun royalty in the Pine Leaf Boys. But Lowell always offers something you’ve rarely or never heard before, too; the sacred steel gospel of Nikki “D” and the Browns and go-go music by E.U. are just a couple to put on your “must-see” list this year. July 25, 6:45 p.m.; July 26 and 27, 12 noon. Tickets: free. Various stages, downtown Lowell. 978-970-5000. www.lowellfolkfestival.org

CARRIE ELKIN AND DANNY SCHMIDT These two talented singer-songwriters are partners in life (with a marriage set for this fall), and they’ve just made their first record together, “For Keeps,” a clear-eyed, his-and-hers celebration of relationships (including their own) that, in the spirit of domestic harmony, features five songs from each. Like their record, they’ll do their show song-swap style. July 26, 3:30 p.m. Tickets: $15. Club Passim, Cambridge. 617-492-7679. www.passim.org

JOE FLETCHER, ANDREW COMBS, AND RON GALLO This one has bang (or is it binge?) for your buck: Fletcher, who recently decamped from Rhode Island to Nashville, Combs, who put out an understated, under-the-radar gem a few years ago, and Gallo, who’s a member of roots eclectics the Toy Soldiers, combine forces to bring something they call the “Beach Binge Tour” to inland Cambridge. July 29, 10 p.m. Tickets: $10. Atwood’s Tavern, Cambridge. 800-838-3006. www.brownpapertickets.com

NOURA MINT SEYMALI You can call it griot rock or desert blues, but with the ululating gale-force power of Noura Mint Seymali’s singing and the stinging, psychedelic Afro-funk lines provided by her husband, Jeiche Ould Chighaly, and the rest of her band, these Mauritanians produce a sound that’s quite their own. July 30, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $30. Museum of Fine Arts. 800-440-6975. www.mfa.org

STUART MUNRO

JAZZ, BLUES & CABARET

KARRIN ALLYSON The 30th and final season of Marblehead Summer Jazz continues with an appearance by the acclaimed singer, known for her fresh, unfussy interpretations of classic songs. July 25, 8 p.m. Tickets: $28-$43. Unitarian-Universalist Church, 28 Mugford St., Marblehead. 781-631-6366, www.marbleheadjazz.org

CLASSICAL

TANGLEWOOD The National Youth Orchestra makes its Ozawa Hall debut under David Robertson on July 24, with a program that includes Britten’s Violin Concerto with soloist Gil Shaham. At the Shed, the Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck replaces an indisposed Christoph von Dohnanyi on the BSO podium, leading Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Mozart with pianist Paul Lewis (July 25); and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with soprano Camilla Tilling, mezzo Sarah Connolly, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus (July 26). Then Jacques Lacombe leads the BSO and pianist Gabriela Montero in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 alongside music of Verdi (July 27). Lenox. 617-266-1200, www.tanglewood.org

MARLBORO MUSIC A meaty weekend of chamber music awaits at Marlboro, where pianist and artistic director Mitsuko Uchida will be joined on Saturday night by colleagues in Messiaen’s 20th-century masterpiece, “Quatuor pour la fin du temps,” to be performed alongside Mozart’s F-major String Quartet (K. 590). Sunday afternoon’s program will feature Stravinsky’s “Histoire du Soldat” as well as works by Brahms, Beethoven, and this summer’s composer-in-residence, Kaija Saariaho. Marlboro, Vt., 802-254-2394, www.marlboromusic.org